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The national prosecutor Jorge Abbott refused to change the prosecutor Marcelo carrasco of the cause that investigates deaths by COVID-19 in Recoleta after the complaint filed by the mayor Daniel Jadue. Meanwhile, he decided to add the regional prosecutor to the investigation Xavier Armendariz.
The request had been made by the defendants’ defenses: the president Sebastian Piñera; the former Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich; the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza; and the undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, Arturo Zuniga.
Lawyers Samuel Donoso, Gabriel Zaliasnik and Eduardo Riquelme asked to change Carrasco, accusing that he and his assistant lawyer, Rodrigo Álvarez, made opinions in an audience that would violate the principle of objectivity.
“What shows the partial and interested position of the prosecutor in charge in order to tend to the procedural intervention in the investigation of Mr. Jadue and other militants of the Communist Party, is that he shamelessly pointed out that ‘we are objective, what we can’t make your honor is just (be) neutral in a case like this “”, indicated the professionals in their request.
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However, and through a statement on its website, the National Prosecutor’s Office reported that the request was rejected.
“Marcelo Carrasco did not lack the principle of objectivity, as stated by the defense attorneys, and that all the allegations made by the representatives of the Public Ministry were technical and of a legal nature, without political or personal allusions with respect to the defendants and plaintiffs, ”said the statement.
Also, Abbott also did not open a summary investigation. against Carrasco and Álvarez, since this decision falls on the head of the North Central Prosecutor’s Office, Xavier Armendáriz.
Along with this, “due to the complexity and seriousness of the events denounced,” Abbott added Armendariz to the investigation to work with the team of persecutors that he deems appropriate, Carrasco among them.
In this way, Carrasco will continue to investigate Piñera, Mañalich, Daza and Zúñiga for the crimes of quasi-felony of homicide and denial of assistanceThis is due to the death of 62 people by covid-19 in Recoleta.
Even the persecutor arrived yesterday at the Ministry of Health to seize documents and computers related to the management of Maañalich.
Complainant compliance
The plaintiff lawyer Ramón Sepúlveda agreed with Abbott’s decision since, in his opinion, the prosecutor “has acted with total objectivity, has conducted the investigation in the correct way ”.
“The career of prosecutor Carrasco and the entire High Complexity Unit makes it clear that this has been a political strategy“He added.
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